Constraint-Based Resource Allocation and Scheduling in Steel Manufacturing
Mats Carlsson5 
, Per Kreuger5 and Emil Åtröm5
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Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Box 1263, SE-164 29 Kista, Sweden |
Abstract
This paper describes a flow maximization problem in steel manufacturing, decomposes it into three sub-problems, and models
them in terms of finite domain constraints. Greedy algorithms are used for solving the sub-problems. The constraints are used
for maintaining consistency rules, not for optimization. A tool implementing these algorithms and equipped with a GUI has
been implemented.
Keywords flow maximization - scheduling - finite domain constraints - steel manufacturing
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